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Responding to Hard Times in the “Big Easy”: Meeting the Vocational Needs of Low-Income African American New Orleans Residents

✍ Scribed by Heather Z. Lyons

Publisher: American Counseling Association
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 87 KB
Volume: 59
Category: Article
ISSN: 0889-4019
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2011.tb00070.x

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✦ Synopsis

The already limited vocational prospects of low-income African Americans in New Orleans were further devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill added to the devastation, highlighting the continued vulnerability of New Orleanians seeking employment. As a result, opportunities persist for vocational practitioners to lend their expertise. In this article, the post-Katrina vocational situation of low-income African American residents is conceptualized using ecological model. Furthermore, needed interventions are described at each level of this ecological model.